American Assn for Justice

Specific Issues: MAR

Lobby with regard to the legal rights of cruise passengers and workers and revision of laws regarding liability in certain civil actions arising from maritime incidents.

Lobby with regard to the legal rights of cruise passengers and workers and revision of laws regarding liability in certain civil actions arising from maritime incidents.

H.R.2838/S.1665 (Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2012); specific interest in provisions that would limit the rights of foreign seamen, decrease wage penalities for seamen and otherwise limit ability to seek and enforce a maritime lien.

Lobbying with regard to liability in civil actions arising from maritime incidents generally. Lobbying with regard to changes to Oil Pollution Act to provide civil liabilty immunity for actions taken by entities acting on behalf of a responsible party in their oil spill response obligations.

Lobbying with regard to liability in civil actions arising from maritime incidents generally. H.R.2838/S.1665 (Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2012); specific interest in provisions that would limit the rights of foreign seamen, decrease wage penalities for seamen and otherwise limit abiltity to seek and enforce a maritime lein.

Lobbying with regard to liability in civil actions arising from maritime incidents generally. H.R.2838/S.1665 (Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2012); specific interest in provisions that would limit the rights of foreign seamen, decrease wage penalities for seamen, limit abiltity to seek and enforce a maritime lein, bar the admissibility of certain Coast Guard reports of airplane crashes in court and limit the liability of non-government operators of vessel traffic systems.

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